Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to investigate and recover illegal firearms in Washington D.C. through intelligence-based policing to identify, interdict, and interrupt armed violent offenders within the District. In addition to our patrol officers, members from several of MPD’s specialized units work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, August 8, 2022, through Monday, August 15, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 77 firearms in the District of Columbia.

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all guns recovered in the District of Columbia.

Among the firearms recovered were:

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

• A .380 caliber Taurus PT-738 TCP handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Elvans Road, Southeast. CCN: 22-114-342

• A 9mm caliber Glock 43X handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of W Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old Michael Smith, Jr., of Southeast, DC, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession with intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed, Alter Id Marks of a Weapon, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-114-256

• A 9mm caliber Glock handgun and a 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun (pictured below) were recovered in the 2300 block of 15th Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-114-260